The Arctic Beaver Observation Network (A-BON-CON!) workshop was held Feb. 26-28, 2024 at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The workshop addressed and integrated the three primary parts of A-BON: research, traditional knowledge, and management of beavers and their engineering. The workshop brought together varied perspectives on beavers to forge a new state-of-the-science as we reenvision the future of Arctic streams. Learn more here.

The March 2022 meeting had somewhat of a research focus, so an in-person meeting in November 2022 aimed to include more Indigenous voices and participation. Approximately 35 of us, including approximately half Indigenous observers, met in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, with the aim of sharing the latest research and latest observations of local change and impacts associated with beavers. Learn more here.

The 2022 virtual A-BON meeting was the first ever gathering of scientists, Indigenous groups, land managers, and local observers to discuss the arrival of beavers in the Arctic and implications for the natural resources of the affected Arctic regions. Learn more here.